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| Feb 25, 2009 5:16 am |
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re: re: re: "WE" are the God who must save the world. It's up to "US" |
John Stephen Veitch
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The question of HOW to establish a world government might be a difficult problem, but it needs to be solved. We can't expect to have peace without it.
World trade without world government isn't working. We need something better than a race to the bottom, yet we also need the demand that open trade offers.
In particular the global warming problem can't be solved without strong provisions that BIND countries into a set of agreed rules.
There are also significant health problems in addition to HIV-Aids that need to be dealt with on a global basis.
The idea of giving control of the World Government to "one man" doesn't apply. We're not talking about a Presidential System here. We are I hope talking about a strong General Assembly with membership strength based on population. There would (I hope) be a bias in favour of countries which elect members by democratic means. (The members representing that country represent diverse groups at home.) Each country would develop a group politicians who specialise in international government.
Of course in the world as it is, many countries would simply appoint members. In this case the members are likely to be responsible to the government back home.
The General Assembly would appoint the various councils and committees that became the workhorses of the organization and the decision making bodies.
I imagine a second "House" much smaller, with an entirely different basis for membership. Probably based on financial contribution to the world body, but perhaps also giving credit to countries which provide personnel for the armed forces of the world body.
This is a long way from where we are now. The present UN set up is a mess. Even so, many of the functional arms of the UN do excellent work.
John Stephen Veitch
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